Protik Islam-Jakobsson
@protik.bsky.social
Sometimes I think; sometimes I am.
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
Swedish dad, neurologist, giraffe rotator. PhD candidate researching atypical parkinsonian disorders and methods of procrastination.
Pluralist in the streets // atheist in the sheets.
we stan Kant
Pinned
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The Mamdani discourse is a lot, but it reflects a general lack of Democratic leadership elsewhere.
With an inspiring Democratic president, powerful leaders in the House and Senate and a charismatic DNC chair, there wouldn't be such focus on the New York City mayor. We don't have any of the former.
With an inspiring Democratic president, powerful leaders in the House and Senate and a charismatic DNC chair, there wouldn't be such focus on the New York City mayor. We don't have any of the former.
Re Mamdani discourse I know some folks will not like hearing this but feels like the convo is becoming way too saturated. I really appreciate this guy and am marveling his win. And, I love New York but the world doesn't revolve around it.
How many more think pieces we will have to read? ...
How many more think pieces we will have to read? ...
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The Mamdani discourse is a lot, but it reflects a general lack of Democratic leadership elsewhere.
With an inspiring Democratic president, powerful leaders in the House and Senate and a charismatic DNC chair, there wouldn't be such focus on the New York City mayor. We don't have any of the former.
With an inspiring Democratic president, powerful leaders in the House and Senate and a charismatic DNC chair, there wouldn't be such focus on the New York City mayor. We don't have any of the former.
Every Trump admin lawyer involved must be disbarred at the earliest opportunity
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Every Trump admin lawyer involved must be disbarred at the earliest opportunity
tbf he probably didn't neglect to bring a note-taker out of amateurishness but because that's Trump admin policy
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
tbf he probably didn't neglect to bring a note-taker out of amateurishness but because that's Trump admin policy
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Dim Philby
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dim Philby
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So my pie take is there are no bad pies, but some pies have to be eaten a certain way:
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So my pie take is there are no bad pies, but some pies have to be eaten a certain way:
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
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I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
Temu Kissinger
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Temu Kissinger
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"Everyone is 12" theory of this regime going STRONG.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Everyone is 12" theory of this regime going STRONG.
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It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s so funny to see people ANALYZE why Trump fawned over Zohran Mamdani and it’s literally because he’s an old man who watches news TV all day and the man from the TV came to see him which was very exciting
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This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
everyone knows fiscal responsiblity = taxing one of your most important exports
It beggars belief that Labour are taxing universities’ most lucrative revenue streams at a time when three quarters of them are in the red
# We don't need no education #
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
everyone knows fiscal responsiblity = taxing one of your most important exports
Frankly, NYT political journalists are perverts of a sort
Not only is the NYT carrying water for Trump while he’s in office, they’re trying to help him on the way out too
“Donald Trump, well on his way to becoming the most corrupt president in American history, will almost certainly escape criminal prosecution after leaving office,” writes Thomas Edsall.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Frankly, NYT political journalists are perverts of a sort
accidentally posted a good take smh
Bananas are gross. Garbage fruit
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
accidentally posted a good take smh
Brownshirts don't realize there will be a reckoning
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Brownshirts don't realize there will be a reckoning
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hope dies last, I believe in weird brick reddit man
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
hope dies last, I believe in weird brick reddit man
If Lula said this in a BBC interview he'd be censored
Brazilian president to the American people,
"If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil"
"If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil"
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If Lula said this in a BBC interview he'd be censored
very disappointed in this species
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
very disappointed in this species
nu börjar det gå över styr
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kära dagbok idag har det varit bra! för jag har slutat i del 2 i IKSU-simskolan. Jag och [fem kompisar] har fått superkrafter. läs sagan om de 6 hjältarna [början på sagan där alla är föräldralösa och har inga syskon]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f6ydtwhscp6zkcodruxnpvee/bafkreiauqbo4gz7t7xg4io7pzxabo7c7hzzz7u5nkegyj575pfv3d72wv4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
nu börjar det gå över styr
but all the characters are Muppets
Nestor Makhno biopic written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
but all the characters are Muppets
Every live BBC guest now has one and only one mission
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Every live BBC guest now has one and only one mission
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If you are on BBC live, you know what to do
(I don't even think this statement would be controversial among experts. He's openly monetizing the office and making literally billions of dollars!)
(I don't even think this statement would be controversial among experts. He's openly monetizing the office and making literally billions of dollars!)
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you are on BBC live, you know what to do
(I don't even think this statement would be controversial among experts. He's openly monetizing the office and making literally billions of dollars!)
(I don't even think this statement would be controversial among experts. He's openly monetizing the office and making literally billions of dollars!)
"... born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest."
The US secretary of defense is taking time out from his attempted sham prosecution of the astronaut senator to condemn Scouting for being too woke www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"... born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest."
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Isaac Chotiner is one of the finest interviewers of our generation and I hope he keeps happening to the worst people
This is a really informative piece. I don’t know much about the Israeli far right, and I had definitely never heard this perspective openly articulated.
The Extreme Ambitions of West Bank Settlers
A leader of the settlement movement on expanding into Gaza, and her vision for the Jewish state.
www.newyorker.com
November 12, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Isaac Chotiner is one of the finest interviewers of our generation and I hope he keeps happening to the worst people
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Isaac Chotiner
you've invented Isaac Chotiner
you've invented Isaac Chotiner
If I were a spy I would just ask people to tell me their secrets. The worst they could say is no
November 18, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Isaac Chotiner
you've invented Isaac Chotiner
you've invented Isaac Chotiner
he's done it before and he'll do it again
I almost regret breaking my vow to "never google it" but the first result for "sarah isgur child separation" is an isaac chotiner tweet:
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
he's done it before and he'll do it again